Educator backs compulsory military service for youth
Chan Ner Sanford of the University of Georgia urged a 2 law mandating universal military training. He testified before the House Committee on Postwar Military Policy proposing a plan requiring high school graduates to serve three months after freshman year, then return to college for a two year cycle culminating in service through senior year. He warned Americans must prepare for emergencies and costs. He cited outdoor training as beneficial in past wars.
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Waspington
Channer
Sanford
Georgie
Gould
Honorable Discharge for Curtis Rudolph Green Navy Gunner's Mate
Curtis Rudolph Green GM 2c, US Navy, husband of the former Holland of Dothan and wx of Mr and Mrs C L Green Panama City Fla, has received an honorable discharge. Enlisted May, trained at Lakes Training Center Great Lakes, served aboard ships including SS Esso Bayonne SS Herman Frasch SS Horace Herten and SS Amasa Delano, making 12 voyages across the Atlantic.
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Curtis Rudolph Green
U S Navy
Holland
Dothan
Co. L. Green
Panama City
Fla
U.S. Navy
Navy
Lakes Training Center
Great Lakes
Til
Esso Bayonne
Herman Frasch
Horace Herten
Amasa Delano
Guner
Veteran of World War II and family life debates
The article recalls a veteran who served in Africa Italy and the Mediterranean theater, ending with a permanent injury and discharge, then shifts to Dorothy Dix on long enduring marriages. It contrasts steadfast spouses with the lure of freedom, asking what couples should do after years together.
Corporal McEachern Earns Second Chevron in Germany
Ernest E. McEachern, son of Mr and Mrs H McEachern of Columbia, earns a second chevron and promotion to corporal with the 29th mobile repair and reclamation squadron, Ninth Air Force Service Command in Germany. Overseas 13 months, he served at advanced fighter bomber bases in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Germany and won three bronze battle stars for Normandy, Northern France and Germany campaigns. A Houston County high school graduate, he enlisted in September 1942. His brother William F McEachern serves with the hospital detachment in France. The squadron supports the Hell Hawk fighter group, repairing and supplying aircraft from pre invasion to V-E Day.
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Ernest E. McEachern
H. McEachern
Columbia
29Th Mobile Repair and Reclamation Squadron
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Germany
MacEachern
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Normandy
Houston County
Corporal McEachern
Air Forces
William F. McEachern
McEachern
Cook
Mobile Air Service
Purple Heart awarded to Sergeant William Joiner in Luzon action
Sergeant William F. Joiner, son of Mrs Vera E Joiner of Ashford Route 2, receives the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat against the Japanese near Bolinar Luzon. The Sixth Infantry Division public notice states Joiner serves in a front line company of the 68rd Infantry Regiment, notable for long Pacific theater service.
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William F. Joiner
Vera E. Joiner
Ashford Route Two
Bolinar
Luzon
Sixth Infantry Division
Joiner
68Rd
Pacific
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